RV Corystes COR15/03
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR15/03 |
| Cruise period | 2003-12-08 — 2003-12-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover and re-deploy SmartBuoy moorings at the West Gabbard and Warp and collect calibration samples (AE004).
2. Recover trial ABS sensor on minilander (DP169). |
| Chief scientist | David Brian Sivyer (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | West Gabbard and Warp |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Continuous logging of temperature and salinity throughout the cruise. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Calibration samples were taken for chlorophyll 'a' |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 51° 31' 39" N 1° 2' 20" E — Main SmartBuoy deployed. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 51° 58' 59" N 2° 4' 49" E — Recovered and redeployed guard buoy. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 51° 59' 0" N 2° 5' 17" E — DWM buoy recovered at 14:55 and redeployed at 16:17 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | 51° 31' 46" N 1° 2' 7" E — Guard buoy recovered and redeployed. |
